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Members of Congress proposed legislation Thursday calling for additional obstacles to prevent Asian carp from reaching Lake Michigan through an Illinois waterway and a renewed push toward a permanent strategy for shielding the Great Lakes from the destructive fish. The bill's immediate focus is the Brandon Road Lock and Dam on the Des Plaines River in Joliet, Illinois, a choke point between the Mississippi River and Great Lakes watersheds about 40 miles southwest of Chicago. The measure authorizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to devise a list of technologies and devices that quickly could be installed there to block the carp's path. Bighead and silver carp, both native to...

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Members of Congress proposed legislation Thursday calling for additional obstacles to prevent Asian carp from reaching Lake Michigan through an Illinois waterway and a renewed push toward a permanent strategy for shielding the Great Lakes from the...

House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner urged fellow Republicans on Tuesday to pass a long-term government spending bill next week, avoiding a government shutdown and pushing any budget fight over President Barack Obama's executive order on...